MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
have to consider
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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